US 11,865,426 B1
Golf ball with electrical components
Mario Raposo, Carlsbad, CA (US); David Bartels, Carlsbad, CA (US); Petra Petrich, Escondido, CA (US); Grady Crahan, Carlsbad, CA (US); and Nick Lannes, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Assigned to Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Callaway Golf Company, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/485,164.
Application 17/485,164 is a continuation of application No. 17/162,072, filed on Jan. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,344,785.
Application 17/162,072 is a continuation of application No. 16/814,751, filed on Mar. 10, 2020, granted, now 10,918,929, issued on Feb. 16, 2021.
Application 16/814,751 is a continuation of application No. 16/509,232, filed on Jul. 11, 2019, granted, now 10,688,366, issued on Jun. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/697,584, filed on Jul. 13, 2018.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 37/02 (2006.01); A63B 69/36 (2006.01); A63B 37/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 69/3658 (2013.01) [A63B 37/0022 (2013.01); A63B 37/0051 (2013.01); A63B 69/3655 (2013.01); A63B 2220/34 (2013.01); A63B 2220/833 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf ball comprising:
a sphere comprising a flexible circuit board comprising a BLUETOOTH low energy radio having a transmission range of at least 700 meters, a magnetometer, a microcontroller, at least one inductor and at least one battery, wherein the at least one battery contacts the flexible circuit board at three contact points;
a cover disposed over the sphere;
wherein the golf ball has a diameter of at least 1.68 inches;
wherein the magnetometer is configured to measure spins of the golf ball of at least 5000 rotations per minute.